Cuspidor.



PATENTBD 12.115,5, 1907.

J. KNAPP.

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CUSPIDOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907'.

Application filed September 4,1906. Serial No. 333,066.

To t/f 11171/0111/ if muy con/cern:

Be it known that l, JOSEPH KNAPP, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful lmprovements in Cuspidors, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to cuspidors; and its object is the production of asimple, inex pensive, and durable sanitary device which is primarilydesigned for use in public places, and particularly in railway-cars andboats.

The invention consists in the constructioi'i, arrangement, andcombination of parts to be hereinafter described, and particularlypointed out in the subjoined claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved cuspidor.Fig. 2 is a central vertical section through the same.

Referring to the drawings in detail, like numerals of reference refer tolike parts in the several figures.

The reference-numeral 1 designates the floor of a car or the like havingan opening 2 therethrough, over which the cuspidor 3 is placed. Thecuspidor comprises a body or outer shell L1, a bowl 5 within the latter,and

a cover 6.

The body or outer shell 4 consists of an upper annulus 7, having adepending annular flange S near its outer marginal edge, a lower annulus9, which forms the bottom with an opening 10 and which has an upstandingannular flange 11 near its outer marginal edge, and laterally-extendingintegral lugs 12, by means of which the cuspidor is secured to thefloor, (suitable fastening-screws may be used for this purpose,) and acylindrical intermediate portion or shell 14, which is preferably ofspun brass or other thin material formed in any desired forni. At theupper and lower ends said intermediate portion or shell surrounds theflanges S and 11 of the annuli 7 and 9, and the edges of saidintermediate portion bear against the under side of the upper annulusand the upper side of the lower annulus outside of flanges S and 11.Screw-bolts 15 or other like fastening devices may be used to securefthecylindrical shell to said flanges, or, if desired, the shell may besoldered to the flanges. This construction permits the production of anenddesigns for the cuspidors by merely changing the form or design ofthe thin cylindrical shell, the same parts being used otherwise whetherexpensive or inexpensive material is employed in the con struction ofthe shell` The opening 2 in the floor of the car or the like is to be aslarge as that in the lower annulus or bottom of the body of thecuspidor.

The bowl 5 is removably supported within the body of the cuspidor and issomewhat smaller in diameter than said body, it having at its upper endan outstanding or overhanging flange 16, which rests on the upperannulus 7 at the inner marginal portion thereof. Said bowl is rounded atits lower end and provided with an opening 17 in its bottom somewhatsmaller than the opening in the bottom or lower annulus 9.

The cover 6 is of conical formation and at its outer marginal portion iscurved downward to form an annular bead or rib 1S, which surrounds theouter edge of the bowl 5 and rests upon the upper annulus. ln thismanner the cover is held in place, and accidental removal is effectivelyguarded against. The cover is in the form of an inverted frustrated coneand at its lower end has an opening 9 somewhat smaller in diameter thanthe opening in the bowl, so that matter adhering to the inclined wall ofthe cover will drip directly from the edge of said wall through theopening in the bottom of the cuspidor and through the opening inthefloor without adhering to other parts of the cuspidor.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is" 1. A cuspidorcomprising a body or outer shell having an upper' annulus, a lowerannulus forming a bottom with an opening, and a cylindrical shellsecured to said annuli; a bowl having an overhanging flange bearingagainst the top of said upper annulus at the inner marginal portionthereof and provided with an opening in its bottom, and a cover havingan opening and receiving support at its outer marginal portion.

2. A cuspidor comprising a body or outer shell having an upper annulusprovided with a depending Vflange near its outer edge, a lower annulusforming the bottom with an opening and having an upstanding flange nearits outer edge, a shell between said annuli surrounding said flanges ofthe latter, and means for securing said parts together, a bowl suspendedwithin said body and having an opening in its bottom, and a cover alsoprovided with an opening and supported on the body.

3. A cuspidor comprising a body or outer shell having an upper annulusprovided with thereof, and a conical cover having a central a dependingflange near its outer edge, a opening and being curved downward at 1tsvlower annulus forming the bottom with an outer marginal portion to formarib, said rib opening and having an upstanding flange surrounding theouter edge of the bowl. r 5 near its outer edgeI a shell between saidan- In testimony whereof l have hereunto set nuli surrounding theflanges of the latter, my hand in the presence of two subscribing andscrew-bolts for securing said parts towitnesses.

gether,` a bowl having an opening in its bot- JOSEPH KNAPP. tom and anoutstanding ange at its upper Witnesses: end bearing against the upperside of the up- E. C. PLUECKHAHN,

per annulus at the inner marginal portion CHRIST FEINLE.

